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How did the Emancipation Proclamation contribute to a Union victory?

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IT GAVE SLAVES FREEDOM SO THEY COULD FIGHT IN THE WAR AND THEY COULD HAVE MORE PEOPLE

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It changed the stated purpose of the war from a war to preserve the Union to a war to end slavery. This helped prevent France and England from recognizing the Confederacy and intervening on its behalf.

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